Good-bye, Son, Lewis' only collection of short fiction, was
originally published in 1946, but it remains as quietly haunting
today as it was then. Set in small communities of the upper Midwest
and northern California in the '30s and '40s, these stories focus
on the imperceptible processes, or cycles, connecting youth with
age, despair and hope, life and death. Through a variety of
characters (mostly female) at various stages of life, we glimpse
the motion of these cycles. To some, they appear incomprehensible
and therefore wholly destructive. To others, they are the source of
mystery, enlightenment, and understanding. Lewis' spare,
understated style allows us to see beneath action and character to
the forces which, in the world of her fiction, drive both. Lewis
weaves these perceptions into themes as varied as initiation
(\u201cRiver\u201d), the succession of life and generations
(\u201cThe House\u201d), life-in-death (\u201cThe Apricot
Harvest\u201d), and, ultimately, life beyond death (\u201cGood-bye,
Son\u201d). Added to the collection in this edition is \u201cThe
Breakable Cup,\u201d the story of a very young boy and a very old
woman who recognize the frailty in each other and form a bond
across generations. In the longest of these stories, \u201cGood-bye
Son,\u201d the themes and settings of the earlier pieces come
together in an extended psychological ghost story. Here, Sara
McDermott, whose only child died at birth, is later visited by the
boy on four separate occasions, each preceding a disaster in which
he would have died as a child or young man. Sara's mingled joy and
grief at each visit gradually give way to an understanding and
acceptance of the place of death in nature and the bond that death
creates among the living.
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